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NewsIATA reports another decline for air cargo in February
Air cargo traffic declined again in February as the industry had its weakest month in terms of growth in the last three years and load factors tumbled again.Data from IATA shows that freight tonne kms declined by 4.7% year on year in February, while freight capacity was up by 2.7%. ...
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NewsAirBridgeCargo reconfirms compliance with Cargo iQ’s quality standards
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has passed its second audit, reconfirming its compliance with the quality standards of IATA interest group Cargo iQ.During a two-day inspection of its operations in Moscow, the Russian airline was measured against a series of KPIs to guarantee that its services conform to the highest industry quality ...
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NewsE-commerce and specialist products can 'cushion' air cargo in economic downturns
Glyn HughesGrowing e-commerce volumes and specialist high value products such as pharma and perishables provide a “cushion” and “in-built resilience” for air cargo in times of global economic downturns.IATA Cargo boss Glyn Hughes, speaking after the three-day World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Singapore, said that there was a mood of ...
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NewsAsian air cargo faces short-term turbulence
IATA World Cargo Symposium 2019The Asian air cargo industry faces turbulence over the coming months, with predictions of further demand declines.Speaking at the World Cargo Symposium, IATA chief economist Brian Pearce painted a bleak picture for air cargo in Asia over the next few months.He said the US-China trade war ...
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Dallas Fort Worth airport gains CEIV Pharma
Dallas Fort Worth airport (DFW) has been awarded IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification.The Texan hub, which handled around 911,000 tons of airfreight in 2018, is one of only two airports in North America to gain CEIV Pharma certification.The airport teamed up with four DFW community ...
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NewsAir France KLM Cargo signs up for IATA’s new DG AutoCheck
Marcel de Nooijer, executive vice president, Air France KLM Cargo (left) and Alexandre de Juniac, IATA director general and CEOAir France KLM Cargo (AFKL Cargo) has become the first airline group to adopt IATA’s Dangerous Goods AutoCheck (DG AutoCheck) for the acceptance of dangerous goods shipments.“DG AutoCheck provides a digital ...
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NewsIATA hopes to make paying for cargo easier
Eduardo Del Riego, CEO of PayCargo LLC and Aleks Popovich, IATA’s Senior Vice President, Financial and Distribution Services.PayCargo and IATA have established the IATA-PayCargo System to offer the air cargo industry “an advanced and efficient payment and settlement system.”The partnership marks the global expansion of an agreement that began in ...
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NewsSome 40% of shippers unaware of dangerous goods regulations
IATA head of cargo Glyn Hughes at the IATA World Cargo Symposium 2019 in SingaporeA large number of shippers, some 40%, admitted to being unaware of the dangerous goods regulations governing airfreight.That statistic, drawn from the latest IATA shipper survey, was described as “a very alarming figure” by IATA’s head ...
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NewsFirst companies awarded IATA Fresh certification
IATA and the Hong Kong cargo community celebrate the first CEIV Fresh certificationThe first companies have passed IATA's CEIV Fresh certification programme for the handling of perishable cargo.At the IATA World Cargo Symposium, IATA revealed that Cathay Pacific Services Limited (CPSL) and Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (HACTL) are ...
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IATA downgrades air cargo growth forecast to 2%
IATA has slashed its outlook for cargo growth over the coming 12 months as the US-China tariff dispute took more of a toll on performance than expected.Speaking at the IATA World Cargo Symposium in Singapore, the organisation’s chief economist Brian Pearce lowered its growth projection for freight tonne kms (FTK) ...
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Only connect: Supply chain collaboration call at WCS
Greater digital collaboration across air cargo’s supply chain and a need to speed up the digitisation process were two key themes raised in the opening session of IATA’s World Cargo Symposium in Singapore.Singapore Airlines’ chief executive Goh Choon Phong called for “pushing the pace” of digitisation in air cargo and ...
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IATA sets three priorities at WCS opening
IATA has called on governments and the air cargo industry to focus on three priorities to accommodate the expanding demand for air cargo and ensure the economic and social benefits of aviation can be maximized.The three priorities are: Accelerating the speed of process modernization, implementing and enforcing global standards, and ...
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NewsUnisys calls for real time data to increase visibility and security
The air cargo industry needs to make three fundamental changes to modernise cargo management while increasing security of data and shipments, says Niranjan Navaratnarajah, cargo industry director for Unisys Asia Pacific.He will be presenting his case as a member of the panel in the Cargo Transformation Track at the IATA ...
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NewsAll the latest news from IATA's World Cargo Symposium 2019
As the global airfreight industry gathers in Singapore for IATA’s World Cargo Symposium 2019 (WCS19), the Air Cargo News editorial team of Damian Brett and Roger Hailey will be there to report from the must-attend event.Our refreshed, more user-friendly website, will have the latest news and analysis over the three ...
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Air cargo demand at three year low in January
Air cargo suffered its worst January in three years as the industry continues to face “significant headwinds”.Figures from IATA show that January saw airfreight traffic declined by 1.8% year on year in freight tonne km terms, which the airline association said was the worst performance in the last three years, ...
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NewsPanalpina subscribes globally to digital IATA manuals
Panalpina has become the first freight forwarder to subscribe globally to IATA’s digital manuals.As a result, its airfreight specialists right around the world can now access the latest regulations and industry standards online.This way, says the Switzerland-based company (and fourth-largest forwarder in the world in terms of air cargo volumes), ...
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NewsIATA announces finalists for 2019 cargo innovation awards
IATA has confirmed the finalists for its 2019 Air Cargo Innovation Awards, the original 56 ideas having been whittled down to just three by an independent jury panel.The three ideas in the final running for top prize, all of which relate to ULD technological development, are as follows:Air New Zealand ...
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MAB Kargo joins Cargo iQ
MAB Kargo, the main cargo division of Malaysia Aviation Group, has become a member of Cargo iQ as the IATA interest group continues to expand across Asia.Cargo iQ has an international network of more than 80 airlines, forwarders, ground handlers, and IT companies.Jagedeswaran Nadrajah, head of cargo operations transformation at ...
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Cargo demand in November a "big disappointment", says IATA
The air cargo industry failed to register an increase in demand in November for the first time since March 2016 in what has been described as a big disappointment.The latest figures from airline association IATA show that cargo traffic was flat in November compared with a year earlier, following 31 ...
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Cargolux and Panalpina, rallying data for Cargo iQ's collaborative challenge
Freighter airline Cargolux and global forwarder Panalpina have won the first stage of Cargo iQ’s Q Rally challenge after working together to boost data quality and performance at Luxembourg Airport.The Cargo iQ initiative by the IATA quality standards interest group challenges its members to work together in collecting data which ...